Thursday, October 17, 2013

Silk City

I'd read that the outlet is the place to find high quality, but discounted silk fabric. Yes, please! The outlet did not disappoint:

The best part about the whole Jim Thompson thing, though, is the interesting back story:

During WWII, Jim Thompson was an American operative in the OSS (the pre-cursor to the CIA), which brought him to Thailand. Eventually he left the government and founded the Thai Silk Company, which is credited with rejuvenating Thailand's hand-woven silk industry, which had been floudering in the face of the rise of cheaper, machines-produced textiles.